The federal government spent $8.5 million in taxpayer money to produce dozens of podcasts, some of which promoted left-wing ideology, according to a new report. OpenTheBooks.com obtained by new york post on wednesday.
The watchdog group found that between February 2020 and September 2023, at least 58 podcasts were produced using $8,535,556 in taxpayer funds provided by the government through grant programs and other federal funds. I discovered that. During the same period, the report found that the government spent $323.7 million on comprehensive projects, including podcasts, according to the Post. OpenTheBooks noted that domestic and international organizations received funding.
Most of the grants were issued by federal agencies, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. According to N.E.H. Websitethe agency has awarded more than $5.6 billion through more than 64,000 grants.
Last year, the agencies had a combined budget of $207 million, an increase of $45 million compared to 2020.
The Post reported that podcast topics included history, art, literature, science, language and religion. The watchdog group’s report said some of the programs were “agitprop for leftist ideology.”
a southern history podcastThe show, which received $370,000 from the NEH and NEA, is titled “Bedfellows Forever: How 19th-Century Male Romantic Friendships Queer Our Understanding of Historical Masculinity.” The episode with the title was featured. “My Relationship with My Best Friends” explores the record of “19th-century men who held hands, hugged, shared tears, wrote intimate letters to each other, and shared beds.”
Another podcast received $227,420 from NEH and featured a 2021 episode titled “.A small pronoun that can do that.We discussed “new gender-neutral pronouns that challenge Swedish grammatical norms.”
“”queens memory podcastNEH awarded $228,546. The 2020 episode, titled “Uprising,” focused on “continuing self-education about racism,” “joining the Black Lives Matter movement,” and “the protests that have swept the nation.” It features “direct testimonies” from people who participated in the event. Country. ”
“Brain on!The children’s science podcast received a whopping $556,544 in taxpayer funds, some of which may have been used to create propaganda episodes about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. is said to be high. The episode, titled “The Heroes We Need to Beat Coronavirus,” used superhero characters to urge children to follow government guidance.
“We met the superheroes geared up to defeat the coronavirus: socially distanced and masked mentors, test masters, and vaccinators!” reads the podcast’s webpage. is listed.
“purple royalThe podcast, which “addresses issues and stories impacting the lives of transgender and intersex people in Zimbabwe,” is solely funded by the State Department, receiving $5,000 in taxpayer funds.
“Regenerating, a podcast with 4 reviews on Spotify, received $446,353 from the Department of Agriculture. The program was aimed at “novice farmers” and featured episodes on “architecture.” [a] A queer peasant community. ”
Additionally, the federal government spent $171,000 to train journalists, artists and others in Brazil, Bulgaria, and Yemen how to produce podcasts. He also donated $89,000 to similar training in Rhode Island, Alaska and Texas.
“We pay a lot of taxes on everything from income to inheritance to capital gains,” Adam Andrzeifski, founder of Open the Books, told the Post. “But who knew we paid podcast taxes?”
“Americans are accustomed to receiving countless hours of free content through podcast platforms, and the federal government should not be in the podcast content business,” he continued. “This is a veiled propaganda campaign used to hype stupid concepts and extremist ideologies at the American people’s expense.”
NEH and NEA did not respond to requests for comment from the Post at the time of publication.
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